These kitchen items may be contaminating your food with chemicals

When Americans eat a burger, they aren’t just biting through bun, lettuce, tomato and cheese. Instead, the burger — or its packaging, or the utensil used to cook it — also probably contains a blend of chemicals scientists believe harm human health. PFAS. Phthalates. BPA. Flame retardants.

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